8 Best Superhero Video Games That Didn't Come From DC Or Marvel

8. Prototype 2

After losing his wife and daughter from a pack of zombies during a viral outbreak in America, former US Marine Sergeant James Heller subsequently blames their deaths on Prototype’s hooded anti-hero Alex Mercer.

Prototype 2 is full of the superhero genre’s most recurring clichés: deceased loved ones, a desire for revenge, and an idiotic villain who gifts the hero with god-like powers. It is also an emotionless blockbuster: A one-note story of vengeance in which you decapitate everyone in the Big Apple as a 21st century Kratos.

Although Radical Entertainment’s story is unoriginal, the gameplay is exhilarating. With a wheel of five different powers, you can leap from buildings, glide past skyscrapers and take pleasure in consuming hundreds of innocent employees and civilians - it doesn’t matter what you do, you’ll always be revelling in a city of explosions and fountains of blood.

Despite only being remembered for its black and white trailers, Prototype 2 is one of the more enjoyable superhero games on the market.